‘If You are Afraid, How Will You Build a Good Social Science? says Prof Kancha Ilaiah

Interview By Hafeesha TB Social scientist Kancha Ilaiah talks of the row over his recent Telugu book ‘Saamajika Smugglerlu Kommatollu’ and other controversies he has faced. Writer and social scientist Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd has been at the heart of a major controversy for many weeks now. The publication of an excerpt from his Post Hindu … Continue reading ‘If You are Afraid, How Will You Build a Good Social Science? says Prof Kancha Ilaiah

The Government’s Elaborate Nationalist Charade

By Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd | Published on: November 9, 2017 Dr. Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd, a political theorist and Dalit Rights activist has been in the eye of the storm ever since the Telugu translation of his book Post Hindu India came out. In one of the chapters of the book, he alleges that the Arya-Vysya … Continue reading The Government’s Elaborate Nationalist Charade

A Critical Defence of Kancha Ilaiah’s Voice

Anand Teltumbde (tanandraj@gmail.com) is a writer and civil rights activist with the Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights, Mumbai. Source In these achhe din when the Hindutva bullet trail has killed people with impunity for speaking what it does not like, the recent threats against Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd should not be taken lightly. Of course, … Continue reading A Critical Defence of Kancha Ilaiah’s Voice

Kancha Ilaiah: For lives lived in labour

Kalpana Kannabiran, The Hindu Childhood, marriage, markets, goddesses, worship, food, work — for Ilaiah, the lived village has always been the best textbook I call Professor Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd and we talk about meeting and having a leisurely chat about his life, work and troubles in recent times. The past month has been particularly stormy. … Continue reading Kancha Ilaiah: For lives lived in labour